Prioritize Your Windows Server 2003 Migration Plans
Although 75% of IT professionals are aware that support for Windows Server 2003 is ending July 14, 2015, there’s still a lot of questions about just how urgent the need to move is.
Best practices
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Investigating timeout exceptions in StackExchange.Redis for Azure Redis Cache
StackExchange.Redis uses a configuration setting named “synctimeout” for synchronous operations.
Managing On-Premises Systems with Azure Automation
Thanks to the Windows PowerShell Remoting feature, Azure Automation can not only manage your Azure resources at an infrastructural level, but also reach inside VMs and execute commands.
Automated Everything with SQL Server on IaaS VMs
Today, we are excited to announce support for automated backup and automated patching, available directly in the portal for SQL Server Azure Virtual Machines.
IT Pros: Trade Your Tech Support Stories for a Surface Pro 3
Do you have a horror story that’s so unbelievable, so terrible, and (in retrospect) so hilarious that they just have to be shared? The Enterprise Mobility Suite team just launched a contest looking for the best tales from tech support!
Setting up Active Directory for a Disaster Recovery Environment
In this post, we will discuss how to setup Active Directory in different scenarios so that the applications continue to function properly following a failover event.
Weekend Forecast: ‘Beast quake’ in Seattle
Odds of a Seattle Seahawks win vs. the GreenBay Packers this Sunday? 20-61. Potential for earthshaking reactions from Seattle fans, aka the 12th man? 110%.
RBAC and Azure Websites Publishing
Managing content publishing contributions is an area where Azure Websites customers can directly benefit from the new Role Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality available in Azure.
Enabling Multiple Subscriptions to Share an ExpressRoute Circuit
This post shows you how to link an ExpressRoute circuit to an Azure VNET owned by a different subscription.
Azure Websites Authentication/Authorization
Azure Websites Authentication/Authorization allows you to quickly and easily restrict access to your websites running on Azure Websites by leveraging Azure Active Directory.
Red Teaming: Using Cutting-Edge Threat Simulation to Harden the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud
To help combat emerging threats, Microsoft employs an innovative Assume Breach strategy and leverages highly specialized groups of security experts, known as the Red Team, to strengthen threat detection, response and defense for its enterprise cloud services.
Network Security Groups
Last week at TechEd Europe we announced the general availability of Network Security groups, a key addition to the Azure Networking stack.